Acapella group the Maccabeats treats us with a song titled Bashana Haba’a, which means ‘Next Year’. 

Tisha B’Av may not be as well known as say the Passover or High Holy Days. So what exactly is this day?

Lamentations is considered one of the five megillot (scrolls) in the Hebrew Bible along with the Books of Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth, and Ecclesiastes which collectively comprise the Ketuvim, or section of the Bible referring to writings.

It is not unusual for the Jewish people by the tens of thousands to flock to the Western Wall to commemorate Tisha B’Av each year to pray, recite liturgy and/or the book of Lamentations, or simply sit in solemn silence on this annual day of mourning and remembrance of the destruction of the Temples in ancient Jerusalem.

As covered in previous articles on Shalom Adventure, Tisha B’Av is officially the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, lamenting the destruction of both temples and several other tragedies inflicted on the Jewish people over the course of history. 

Shavuot is the day on which we mark the Revelation on Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah to the people of Israel.